3-622: Veluwezoom National Park is a national park in the Netherlands located in the province of Gelderland . It is the oldest national park in the Netherlands. It has a surface area of about 50 square kilometers (some 20 square miles) at the southeastern edge of the Veluwe , a complex of terminal push moraines from the Saalian glaciation . The park has a pronounced relief by Dutch standards, with its highest point at 110 metres (360 ft) above sea level . It
6-420: Is a private national park, owned by Vereniging Natuurmonumenten , the largest nature conservation organisation in the Netherlands. The landscape of the park consists of forest and heath kept open by grazing Highland cattle , and a small sand drift kept open by human maintenance. The native fauna is red deer , wild boar , badger , and the regionally rare pine marten . List of national parks of
9-594: The Netherlands In the 1960s, national parks in the Netherlands were defined as areas of at least 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi) consisting of natural terrains, water and/or forests, with a special landscape and flora and fauna. The first two national parks were founded in the 1930s by private organisations. The first official national park, Schiermonnikoog National Park , was not established until 1989. The most recent national park to have been established
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